One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

The present is never a happy state to any being

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

If wemanage conflict constructively, we harness its energy for creativity and development.

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.

God made time, but man made haste.

It isthe acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancorleft behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.

The greatest prayer is patience.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.